Improved street-moistening compound



MORlTZ-MAROUS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 102,567;ll(tt6(l Mil-y 3, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Momrz Mucus, of the city, county and State of NewYork, have invented a new and improved Street-moistening Compound; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will'enable others skilled in the art tomake'and use the same.

This invention has for itsobject'the production of a substance by whichthe paved streets in cities and towns can be kept clean, and whereby theair in such streets will be purified, and greater health insured.

Theinvention consists in compounding the following ingredients in aboutthe proportions set forth, to wit:

One part of alum; sixteen parts of chlorate of soda; sixteen parts ofchloride 'of calcium; sixty-four parts of water. j

The first three ingredients are dissolved in water,

and the whole mixture is then sprinkled over the The several salts havethe property of attracting and absorbing moisture. They serve,therestreet.

fore, to keep the streets moist for a long time, and to lay the dust,and also to absorb moisture from the atmosphere, thereby keeping thesame pure. When dry, the mixture becomesvery hard, and protects and byLetters Witnesses:

A. V. Bmnsnn, Geo. W. MABEE.

